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HOME CIRCUIT. SURREY. ASSIZES. CROYDON, THURSDAY, AUG. 10. The . Assizes tor this County comrneuce at this town yesterdoy. Last night the. Judges arrived, ind t►.eir Comniission was read. This mottling ea►ly they proceeded to business. . , CROWN SIDE. BEFORE THE , LOAD CHIEF r.. 4 ans. Savtael Lomb, Mary Illarfin, and Mary Alden, were int.liqed• tOr stealing ILI. in Batik Notes, tour ring., a curbet, an opera glosA, and several other trinkets, the property•of Marianne Cooke, in the dwelling-house of Mary Cooke. . Mi.s Cooke Veposed, that she kept the several articles which were stolen, in a small cabinet box, and they were u the box in the parlour at- her mother's house on the evening of the 7th of March. , The next day she - missed the box and the artirles-it con, tained : she 'suspeCted some other persons, .and plied to Bow-street, but they did-nciLthinkber Sllloi cions sufficiently well founded;and therefore refused - to grant her a warrant: 'The prisoner, Mary Martin,. was - the wite-Of a- naval surgeon, and she had known her many 1 ears: The other Jetnale'. prisoner was her sister, and the Man had lately returned from sea, .and lodged in the house -with the other two prisoners. The next day the prisoners left their house at Lam beth, and went, as she afterwards discovered, to North End,-=Fulham.' She heard no more of her property fornine or ten days; at last she.heard that the box, which was a remarkable one, vas exposed to -- sale at a -broker's, in Wych-street, St. Clements. She went there, and learned it had been sold by a man ai=d a woman, answeringTthe-description of the . man:priSOner - and .Mary Martin. - , She then traced thetti_to Hammersmith, where they had gom, and, accompanied by Adkins, the 'officer, they searched the house.. She found part. of an ear-ring, which she knew to be her's, .upon which Mary - Martin confessed she had. taken the box, and ,said part of the things were bulled in a little basket in the gar den. '11:1ley accordingly dug in the garden, and found the • basket with seyeral of the stolen articles, as she had described. The finding of the goods was cor 'robotated by' the witness, who accompanied Miss -Cooke,and the broker said he bought the box (which was a cabinet °lie of ivory) of a man, but he could not speak distinctly loins person. I've came tohim, and said, that as he .understood he dealt in antiqui ties and curositiesr, he '1)10.bl - ought him that box. The faisorier• Martin cotvesscxl she had takta the box, but Said her !eliuw prisoners were entirely in nocent. The ,Lary ibuud, her : Guilty, and acquitted Abe others. . . George Pearson was intliEted for wilfully. and maliciously stabbing Robert Rutteridge, with a case knife, in the parish of Dorking, on the Ist of April lasi. the evidence of a person of the name of Sprokelni, it appeared that tbe`ptisoner was a Ser -jeant on a recruiting party al Dorking. The wound ed man. was a soldier, and on the, day stated in the. in,itianient, there were three of them together, arar what conversation lased, he did not know, but. he saw the Prisoner make a couple of thru is at Rutte ridge ; amp the la , A of which Rutteridge put his hand to his breast, exclaiming lam wounded." He saw the blood trickle through his fingers. He im mediately Went for consuble and surgeon. •He said that the wounded 'man afterwards said that 'there was no'annuosily between him and the Pri, sorter.% Lernax, a Surgeon at Dorking, stated, that he • . _ was called in, and•tound,Rutteridgenadly wounded; a case knife had penettated the cavity .ot the chest, and he considered his wound as extremely dangerous. He said, Orin the wounded Man, %vitt) was now with hisfregitnent, told 41im• that there was no animosity• between him and the Pri:oner, and he believed the I.votand lia,t been accientally given ; •that . they were at-dinner together, and that the Piisoner " sky-lark ing" with his knife, had. made a thrust at Itutteridge, saying, ." Here, - Bob., .haVe you;" and that the kt„te shuck hint. s• Tue.. Prisoner, in his defence, protested 'he.had no intention of injuring his comrade.;. that they were flourishing their knives, and 'he thrust. farther than, he intended.. , •• Tire Jury found him _Not Guilty ; and the Learn ed Judge admonished him to beware how he dulged in such foolisii pastime in ftittire, \villa had very near caused the death of a fellow creature:: If illianz lliest was . .ladided for stealing a black • gelding, the properly . of William Cove, trout East Lamstead, iu the' County ofilerks.. • Aft. GURNEY derailed the.case,,which was proved ...41.1t)113v;6:—The Prosecutor, C o ve,' Was a farmer at East Latnstead, in 'kilo, and bud the horse in his yard. .on the night of the 2.7 th of April, : but the next . rooming he was gone. ..A witness, of the .name of Knight, proyed teat he bought . the boric of the Pri, soner• on .the Bth of iNlay,. at A.ldfotd, in this Coun ty. The Prist.ner, when he sold him, said he lad had the horse all to' winter, and sold. hiru in the name of George -Thomas. • CHIEF BARON toll tho,jury,,that,ostthe horse_ . was found so short after it ,was stolenin tl,e - posys- H sioll at the Prisoner, it becamehim to account how be came by it, winch he Enid not. done, Verdiet- He 'a-as alsO convicted in a second indiament for Stealing a horSe, the property' of Richard Stringer, - of West Grunsiettd, in-the county of SLIStiCX. Dating the storm on Thursilay evening, the sailors on bchird a Grecian vessel, ly.tog near the Hermit age stairs, ,became so-exttemjy terrified by the re peated peals ut thuader,- - and successive vivid flashes of iigh,ning, that they one and all quitted the deck, and bewOk - themselves to prayers, and remained in the oirnoSt ttepidation between decks some howl.- Isy this time t;)e tide had gone down considerably, and the shil) lay nearly on her s:de, sustained only , .by the' ope by Which she was moored ;, and this. to - c Ai l i g ; or,ihrough , being cut by smne tita 11Ci(JUS persun t 'occasioned the vessel to fall over, which broke her tnnuer;, and sh iceived such con sder.ibie damage, that it teestituated that the costs to bet her rights will exceed 6001. LUNUUNI: Printed by 1 At the SuN-OPk. 1R1 7 .1,./: N.). : Tuesday the. Assizes for tie county of Cork com menced ; and aver the Grand Jury were sworn, the Ctl7Este IiAKON 'addressed them in- a few words, pregnant with useful admonition, and delivered with leis useal pet spicuity. , He complimented the coun ty upon its happy state of trausnility, which, vvith sip much evil example about them, bore evidence to the moral habits oft heliumbler ct sses, and plainly implied that the gentry, upon their side, could not have been inattentive to their public duties. The Calendar - Was - comparatnely very light , . His. Lordship found it unnecessary to.enter into minute details of. their public duty to Gentlemen, whose intelligence, rank, and ,experience, were so considerable. His Lordship recommended it, strongly to the Grand Jury to lay as few burthens as possible upon the public, iind to en tertain no presentments not strictly and ,absolutely of public utility. He informed them by an' ACt of the last Session of Parliament, which however would , not be in force until, next January, that all present ments in future must set forth specifically the statute, authorising ,them to be preferred and passed, with a minute reference to the clause and section. This he said would be a better check over an undue btrthening of the public, than the customary mode of referring presentments to a Judge ofAssize, - who, under the pressure of still more impOrtant.public bu siness, ba.d little leisure to consult Acts of Parlia ment in open Court, and was often obliged _to trust to recollection uport,tuatters of .very spec.iftc enact ment. Althciugh the law adverted to was not to , ihave ! operatrlgt:. sooner•than, Jaurtary, yet his Lird ship advised the. Grand Jury, to 'adopt at once the principle upon whichit Was - founded, and to form no presentments not referring with equal distinet ness to the precise law which empowered it. • On Wednesday last Cornelius Kantystood indieled for the, wilful murder of Daniel Criannin, at a place called Srilagh, in the year 1804. lye appearedday the testimony of a brother to the deCeased, that hesaw, at some distance, the Prisoner -.with, a great club---when he approaChed he -per ceived his brother lifeless,' and saw a. bill-hook in the bosom of the Prisoner, who was entertained the preceding night at the house of the deceased, where he slept. The cause: was supposed to be a wish on the .part of the prisoner to avoid being importuned for a debt. This horrid fail was corroborated by a number of witnessses, who saw the body ,of the de ceased, and heard the well-founded rumours that she murder waSperpetrated, by the prisoner, who fled the country,. and narrowly escaped- hanging,for horse .stealing last Autumn Assizes, in T-0 lee, -where he,was apprehended for this murder,, of which the Jury found him Guilty. - The CHIEF BARON prefaced the sentence of death with a most impressive remonstrance to the. prisoner to mike the best.use of the -short time he bad to live, and prepare for an awful eternity. He was on Friday hanged, at the, ustial place of execution, and his body delivered to. the county surgeon" for dis section. Cornelius Rabilly was found guilty of an atrocious murder, on the body of Cornelius Sheer, an 'itine rant poor pedlar, in the month of February last.— This murder was traced by a variety of strong cir, eumstances, suchas finding iii the house of the pri soner a hammer, which applied critically tQ the di mensions of a fraEture in the skull of the - deceased; also a wallet, to one end of which remained sus pended part .of a, kather: belt, which answered cri tically the broken end ()Oh , : remainder, which re _mauled round the body of,the deceased. TR ALE e, JULY 29. —This day .Michael Murphy and M. Mulvuhill were executed opposite the gaol. The criminal and unfortunate Murphy unequivocally confessed his guilt. He declared, that he, accom panied by another, sallied forth on the morning of the day (Palm , Sunday) on which the murder was committed, for the sole purposeof robbing the first they might meet ; that they had met the Rev. Mr. Tindall, and on resisting their outrageous purpose, had barbarously taken away his lite, but not by firing at him, 'and plundered his Corpse of every valuable then about him. Duri►g the entire of this transaaion, his companion remained an idle spec ' tutor. He was executed this day opposite the gaol. Darby Scanlan, John Mane, and Timothy Law ler, found guilty of a riot, under the Insurgent Act, to be whipt on the 29th September, at Ballynagara,' through the village and back, along the road for half a mile ; on the ISt January, 1810, fron Us towel-bridge to the Church and back ; ,on the 23d of June, through' the village of Irrimoro to the Cha pel and ba.ck-agaih. • The following curious and novel occurrence took place at the late Alsizes for Clonuiell :-:—One Tho,, nuts Cleav was brought to trill for a rape, on 'the prosecution of Eleanor White, who, as it appeared, had been a fortnight in his power; the girl seemed totally, averse, to prosecuting him capitally, but wish ed that be should not escape without some punish- Jnent, lie joyfully agreed to make her the mistress of ,his destinies, and a Clergyman being at hand, - they were instantly married in the Court-house. • The atinu;al competition for, pnzes, given by the Highland Society of London, to the best perforMers' °on the Highland blgpipe,. was held. in the Theatre Ito} al, at Edinburgh, on Tuesday last, in presence of a Committee of 'Judges, 'appointed by the Highland SoCiety of bcotland,and a very numerous and brillant audience: - Vort be• more effectual encouragement of performers on this ancient warlike instrument, the Judges resolved, that, instead at three 'prizes, as for merly allowed, five prizes should be•given On this occasion: The improvement made by the different candidates, -in consequence of the encouragement given by these annual competitions, was very conspi cuous on this occasion The -andienGe were like-• wise highly'entertained with the Highland reels and st rat lineys introduced between the acts. • The com petitors, to this sport, having displayed great agility end neatness, met with much applause from the com pany, and received suitable premiums from the .• Committee. • • An Irish Chairman was backed yesterday evening by a Gentleman of some celebrity - in the sporting world, to throw a pound Weight to the distance ,ot 60 yards in the Park', for the sum of 20 gtlineas. He pitched' it Go y'ard's and' a half, and • consequently Won his wager. • • • ,• • LIIP REPORT. COUitT OF CHANCERY.—Auc. 9. LITERARY PIRACY. YRlC'ts OP VESTEI :t1A1(1) HARRIS, of No. 4, Martlett.coirt, Bow.street ; and Ptcblisbed by WILLIAM A RMIG E R SCRI South Miton.street, Gpwvenc 'square, CB, No. 112, s trand ; where Adiwtisements, Ureters fig the Paptr, Letters for the Editor, L‘cr. (post-p(lia), :Just to: adtircssed. - '• ' . SELWYN V. Bainc•EmAN. * rili ; ts,was a motion of Mr. , HAtcy's, on behalf of, the Defendant, to dissolve an : . injunt.'aion of this Court, issued on the atiih of July last, for the purpose of restraining the Defendant from selling a work, entitled, " An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius," alleged ati have bqt) a piracy of a book ,of , tbe slate title, published by the Plaintiff. . . The parties in this case are both,Gentlemen of established celebrity and, Mein in their profession, and to both of whose lucubrations the " Gen tletnen of the Loug Rohe' have always paid the ut most attention and respeal,, as furnishing the most approved compilation of Law ReportS: The injunc tion 'above-mentioned was ' granted by the Lord Chancellor, upon the affidavit of the Plaintiff, which iinputed to the Defendant piracy, in havingliterally copied au, immense number Qt Cases abridged in his. (the Plaintiff's) " Abridgment of the-Law of ,Ntsi Prius." The ansv. , ea of the beienclint to-day, upon which the motion for a dissolUtion of the Mimic- Lion was founded, acknowledged haVing copied many of the cases in the Plaintiff's' work ; but denied Most positively some of the particular instaoces-nienttoo ed. in behalf pt the Plaintiff, as having been copied in cylourable language, for the purpose of ) allsguising plagiarism. It completely defewted Mr. Bridgeinan front a wish to undersell Mr. SelWyn in his Vo lume of Reports ; as an inctintestible proof of which, 'the work of the. tormer, ,it was - alleged, was - sold at a price eensiderably less than that of the latter.--- Vat - ions additions. and improvements in the work of. the •D. f tideet . wete specified,. as completely ex - - culpatory of Linn troth the • imPutation of - Laving copied parts of the Plaintiff's book,. with a alesv to i At l‘larlborough-street PoliCeOtlice On:Monday ; a injure him in the sale. thereof,''and 'as she Wing the 1 hackney coachman was charaad by the , Lidy of Dr. claims to originality* upon whiCh hiS publication was SBaste with extorting money, and, ass.th;ting'her. At founded. - appeared that the ti-Btticlaut had driven the ...o.risa The case was. very ably argued by Sir S. - - 110111LLY : olainant froan May-fail to Charlotte-street, li.oraand and Mr.-Ba.ee, footheTialutiff, and Mr. HART, ior place, onSaturday night, anhe a ~ . ti d atiantled 3s, 6;I. the Defendant ; when .. ' as it rained. The.' complainant refused totcomplY The LoRD CHANCELLOR ;gave , . . . it as his opinion, ' w hh the eatrinion, - when. the 'coachman- by :foreal .11)4 there was certainly evidence in thi3 case . to go lifted her into the coact again, and store she shou'la , in before a Jury, order tla determine upon the aiat- out, depart until she, had satisfied hith, -w.hich tilo ter of fad, whether or not .the De.tendant had been consented to do to - .get released. The offender t'iighi - . guilty of the plagiarisms imputed 'to him. ior 1115 i committed, • s ... , own part, he saw tiogrounds which could induee O n t h e 28t h ult.. the J ust i ces,of Peace of Roxburgh him to dissolve the ioaunetion. he had before issued shire' decided.a cause of ifery general importa nee J.P for restraining the sale of . the Defendant's book.— . the public, respecting-the duties piserV'ani's.to their But at . the same lime feeling, as he did . (and as every masters., .Mr. Oliphant, farther., -in - Marlefield, Gentleman of the profession to Which : he had the brought 's 'complaint against 'John Storre•y, .farrieg' ) honour to belong must) that the merits :of both Hardie; 'and - Wiliam Aflle'ck; ' ahree of his hinds„, these Gentlemen were not bUilt upon very ordinary f or h av i ng re f use d to b r i ng h ome f rom t h e field (int , and weak foundations, he Could not but beanxious grass for their horses in the everting, which 'it seems to avoid injuring either of them in this very critical these servants conceived they were not obliged to. do question. With.a.view;alierefore, to do'justiCe• to " after having gone an ordinary yoking et the plough both parties,' he would recommend, fitst, that an they therefore admitted their reftur;4llloCourt; dii4 issue from the Court be tried, to determine whether , attempteclao justify it ,l'anoit tire grounds,aboye staa;M. or pot the imputations of pfagiai ism against the Des : The Justices were unanimously of - opinion ; that thest: leodant were well founded ; ..and:in the mean ' . OL.' servants had acted most illegally and irnPropealy, 1 1 the sale of both - the works should continue ; and that disnbevitig their master's orders,' anti therefore fitieu in case tilt..! Jury shotild find for ; the Plaintiff's, ; the Defeudant should enter into- - a security to render b.- ; each of the defenders iiithu Auer, of.ene gui,„„„.,.-iif,d -found the'inliable in the whole o,a aeeee i ; a the eg . l 3 " ' fore' the Master a faiti)Ml . aceount of the prodUce phint. • . • arising from the sale of his Avork, by which course' of ,! 1 ,-, ):LIC ...dart, upon- this occasion i -expre.ssed 01' 6 . 4 , , . proceeding, it the Plaintiff's claim. s as well founded, i • una . nimons opinion, that hitids, 2nd alt.Seraants lilted he would obtain the pecuniary compensation - his !by the year or h a lf- year , arc lOSSS might require from the sale. of tne alleged i master, and be ready to obey his orders et ,all h0t.1. , piracy. . . . . bound. to serve' their 1 by night as well as by day; ,all 4 ale 'riot at libettY: i''' absent • thetns'elves 'at any tithe without his leavesaaa At Warwick Assizes, Thos. Chas: Sandon, and , That to 1, tre are DO tl' ed or hunted hours' of wo 6 a V 1 us Hitcher], two svellknown - .charitElers, and the master being by '. •-• .I - - ai. , ~ of t' e aiiee '1.0 4 y law Su E. il. ~,(..0 . part a a very numerous gang, of . swindlers, who servants and horses ought to be employed, and : I. ' have long been in the habit of defrauding the public, orders, while not Ins - reasonable or 'oPpressive; - n' ,o l l • by opening fictitious banks, were Cenviated of hay- : lug conspired with Joseph BullOcke John Romer,- be obeyed. That, on :the 'other,hand, if the ;Ixia:T.ies shall give such orders as are either oppres.sive or 111- 1 ..!' Robert Kennett, and Wm. Peter Joggett, to de- ' reasonable, the servant, upon a complaint - to S Coro' fraud the public, by opening a bank at Southampton, i petent Court, and proving• his case, will alWays OP' and issuing notes under the style of the Southampton ' tail redress. But in the case before the Court, ..t: 1( ' and Hampshire Bank, and under - the firm of Joseph - master's orders were both Tea...bitable -.and propel Albert„ Bullock, John Horner, and Co. The . Judge. and the Justices 'thought Mr.' Oliphant had. done- 3 sentenced the parties to twelve monthsiuiprigon-, ' service to the public, in bringing. forward the ttitil' mem, and to stand in the pillory.—A Gentleman of,: plai nt against't hese servants, aa :it:Might serve ds 'Au respectabilitY, charged with taking a shilling from 'example to other's to avoid the like ; offence ancl.ina" a collection made for the -Blue Coat Charity School - nishment. in, Birmingham, was' most honourably acquitted. . iesterday a youth,, the' son of ' Mr. W D3SOO, a. Saturday se'nnight the Assizes we=re opened at ' green-grocer, in Covani-garden,. Nt,;ZIS thOWIIO it. Newcastle-upon ; Tyne. before Sir ALAN CiIAMBRE the Thames At the Adel .hi. He had walked on 1110 and Sir GEORGE W00d..:--There w l ereourteen prl- . coal barges, to throw his' clog in tie water; and fdli' sorters for trial in the gaol of that town, of whom , John Boyd, for uttering forged Durham batik-notes : Overboard. Several persons went (u hi; as*ianee• and the bodY 'was ll_1(._ t 1 1 twenty minutes a1t , ..r.t0 to several tradesmen there, received sentence of . accident. The tneaosaacommencled by the Hittnau" Death. • ! Society to restore droValied persons were used at tl'° ' George public-hou , e, Adelphi;' without of ed. •• A At the County Hall, on Wednesday, the interest : boy seas also drowned near Westminster Bridge, Oi l ins cause between the' uke of Northumberland and A. W. Grey, Esq. relative to the right of - his Grace . the Surrey side. -to the mines, and poster to work at the same, under ' . • the .eopybold estate of the latter at Backwarth, , a . 'Within the: anor of Tynetnote It, came on, flit the thhd time, before Mr. Justice Cnamaaa.aand a'Soe- GRAVESEND, AUGUST lu. asseo by—the Funwick, Jackson, and Liverpool P.ic.lce P r ,'' cial Airy. , After a number, o f gncier.t deeds of the Ha mmon d , f r O ni Vi rg i n i a ; S ara n, Dutton,, troln Malta Northumberland family had been examined, a fatal 'Maria, Fair, aiid Ih.rinan, O . lson,,,tro o C k ;ottenburgh .„ ii e, . .Saile4, 7 t s lie . l:,ittius. !'ally, le! . New r ; Crescent, At!' error . in the Duke's pleadings was. discovered, .. .ing, stated that his Grace wa, possessed of the mines ' ....:..--"' and. matior in tee; whereas . the estate being - en- •• - - to tailed, he • is only ,tenant for life and consequently I On the Bth inst. losepl! Fabidit, Esq. of Tottenhaol s , a verdi6l, was entered for iNil.r. Grey, the Defendant. , ; ns.l. l l .T.` L k "' s ' " I l ' in ' e l ' au . l6 "."'• i ' :ssex • . . '. OA ~ • ) kr -thiesdav last, at Ealin4, Carew Smith, ;I:sq l ea , , .l be great and long-depending question between . the, key. 0r.., smith, of klulys..v.,rth.sirei.i, I.lutitin, to ' l c the Earl of Carlisle, and the C , n - poration cif Morpeth r oli i , v , youn , ,;esr (laughter of Williani Knox, i :t. .of ( •;r'' Was on l'hursday last decide•J, ar the saute Court, in haling. • ; ' . . z• . . , 311.:chtirskiav lot, at St.. Nlattinrs 'Church, Sainuel lic'.`,,,, favour of, leis I..Ordship, in an action Of . jet.iltielii, 1 ,,,. jun. Eb 4 - o f C,idi c k. s.l ,l„, L i IV bit c h, r d i, i .,., Alpi., 1 ;• ta in I.vhich it was finally' determitied th4i tiii;'whole of cnardson, eldest danghter Qt . !ono kii.7haulsoi, Lsq. 6 r . Mot - peth- High Common is the pro perty di iiis l'ictins . 's• '• L l''''Y' , ' ' The same day, In...La:Kinn Itedniond ifarry, ..sq.. 0 , Lordship. , Ouster of the 361 ti Regiment of FoOt, to Cliallutte„ ,daue; At Durham, the only trial at Nisi. Prius that ere- - 'tel. or NV lathes foss, of Aiskew, -YOrksiii a. , tip ,i, to Miss lac ated any interest was the. following—Meggisou, b Lately, Stallord Spurr, Esq.. or Gray's•nmi r • Executor of Shepherd, . ver4us Pickering. Tl)), was ), ot hon.d.-slreet• ' ..-......---"'" e' ..._ an issue from the . Chancery, to try the validity of ti;e• 7 ------ : - : • ,ilitf.t) e r tl'! / will of the late Miss Shepherd, of DuriJam, which the Defendant, who claimed us heir at law, ,at-•-' recovery or ht, health, holm Caw, Esq. 'late of fert . •_ on ' 1 On the 7th inst. fit Haero‘Vgate, where lie went 1 :.0. of tempted to set aside, an , the ground of insatiiiy in . on , Thorsclay last, Kr. Kiitiain Andrews, ydungLs t ,!,%. 4 geon, 0 . 1 , the testatrix.' After a long trial, in which it appear- , Mr. thomas .Ai'idrews, S t f Stant - tore Alicitho ed that the deceased was an eccentric charatfltr, bt:C . t••• ' . .. perfectly sane, a vercliet, was given for the Plaintiff; 1 • ' which establishes tile will. - ..! ..! i Hank Stock, 01 : I . Navy 5 pet Lent. 98i 99 9S i ' s per CZIlt . . i 797, A distase is DOW prevalent among the horses. . Irish 5 per Cent. .. .. stable-keeper at Hounslow lost four poat-latirscs. in , 4 Per c c e e t i l lt • S4li - 68 63 • the coos 'of last week. Whey all dropped dead :, what the buy drove th or n in'hartiess. • 3 r)er `cut. CoC s. 6g 6. , Bank L'Ann. IS 12,- t6ths i _. _ • . . /VJ STOCKS DAY. India Stock;-xB7 1 84 India Bonds, 2j s. Ei(cli. IJills, as. 1.13. pi• Omniurn, A pr: .Imperial 3,per Cent. llittie Ann. i Cons. for Aug. 684 x • 1 POLICE. HAWKERS OF Ct.)A LS. • BOW-STRCAT, AUG. I 1. .Several casqs° of .formation were this dily heard before Mr. NARE:. , , ar thieOtliee, respeding persons by bushels and half b.lshelc, defedive in .nteasure'.. Christopher Leach was convicted, h•ning pleaded Guilty,-fur 'having by his servant sold coals :out of . 0 deficient , halt bLishel. ' But the Magistrate, not :deeming his, couilu‘A very reprehensible ; retnitte4 . one-half of the penalty, and the Defendant imme , - diately paid - - . Joseph .Bar./ vu was next charged with. having, by' his servant, lusd , a buziliel measure deficient ttd size and contenis. Mr. .Bal'ry, in ,support •of the . inforination, stated this to be: a case of consitlcrabl a4gravat ion, as it appeared that the measure in qua': lion Thad been used a long time, and that consequent -I_v a vast number of - the; pint. and labouring pact of t he eoni cu on ty must hate ten 'greatly injured Li y it: The bushel was produced, and its - size agreed with the At of , Parliament, • but in' other respe6ts it , I:V,P; dele6tive, as from the holes. and trattureS in the side, and at the bottom, many of the ccialsAlled. in to it whilst standing in the cart, 'lutist * have; fallen back into the cart the instant it was.ltirred lroin .thern. •:. _ . , The Defendant, when caked upon vSy the Magi`. trate to account for this waipractice said, that Wilt:a he gave the - bt%shel to his 'servant it was perfect, het hec:alled nowitpess to prove that tact. The Ma 0. trate, therefore., takihg this case' into his cOnSit.*tt tion, fined th6Defendaltt iii the The Deferxlatif gave pot ice of hi:; intention tkiao)i*l from the decision of the Maiistr.ife to file Bti.naiilf Justices, at the Quarter Sessions for the Counti,ot ,Middlesex.